Archive for August 31st, 2009

Orissa holding a Second JEE-2009

A lot of seats remain vacant in the private engineering, medical, MBA, MCA and Pharmacy colleges of Orissa. To attempt to fill those seats there will be a 2nd JEE exam. The following is from http://jeeorissa.com/.

 

SECOND JOINT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION-2009, ORISSA

 

FOR ADMISSION TO VACANT SEATS  IN MEDICAL (MBBS AND BDS COURSES), B.TECH, B.PHARM., MBA AND MCA COURSES

 

Date of Examination

Sunday, September 06, 2009

Submission of Online Application form begins on

August 22, 2009       

Last date of submission of Online application form

September 02, 2009 upto 2:00 pm

Publication of result

September 11, 2009

Counselling Starts

September 15, 2009

 

The 2nd Joint Entrance Examination for the year 2009-10, Orissa will be held on                Sunday, September 06, 2009 at some selected centres  for admission to the vacant seats, if any, in first year Degree courses in Engineering/Technology, Medical (MBBS and BDS), Pharmacy and first year master programmes in Business Administration (MBA) and Computer Application (MCA).

 

ELIGIBILITY

 All are eligible to apply subject to fulfilling the following criteria.

 For admission to First Year programme in

(i)
Engineering & Technology :
 

Pass  or  appearing in 2009 in 10+2 examination of CHSE or equivalent, with Physics and Mathematics alongwith one of the following subjects : Chemistry / Biotechnology / Computer Science / Biology.                              

OR

Diploma holders including those having  less than 60% marks in aggregate from SCTE&VT, Orissa or equivalent are eligible for admission to 1st year Engg. / Technology courses and they  have to appear in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics paper in the Joint Entrance examination.

There is no age limit for admission to B.Tech course.

(ii)
Medical Stream  (MBBS/BDS)  :
 

Pass in 10+2 or appearing in 2009 examination of CHSE, Orissa or equivalent, with Physics, Chemistry & Biology (Botany and Zoology) with at least 50% marks in aggregate (Physics, Chemistry & Biology taken together) for general category candidates and 40% marks in aggregate for SC/ST candidates. For candidates seeking admission through JEE to Govt. / Private Colleges the candidate must be a permanent resident/native of Orissa. They are to submit the Permanent Resident Certificate (Appendix – I in the JEE-2009 Information Brochure available in this website) at the time of counselling. However, outside state candidates may apply for admission to MBBS and BDS courses in Private Medical /Dental colleges. There will be two separate merit-list i.e. one for Orissa State and another for Outside state candidates.  After exhausting the merit-list of the Orissa State candidates then outside state candidates could participate the counselling. This is subject to the decision of the Government of Orissa.

The merit-list would be prepared as per norms of the Medical Council of India / Dental Council of India.

AGE : The lower age shall be 17 years as on December 31, 2009 . The upper age shall be 25 years as on December  31,  2009 . The upper age limit may be relaxed by three years for SC/ST candidates.

(iii)
Pharmacy :
 

Pass or appearing in 2009 in 10+2 examination with Physics and Chemistry along with   one of the following subjects : Mathematics/Biotechnology /Computer Science/Biology. 

        OR

Diploma holders including those having  less than 60% marks in aggregate from SCTE&VT, Orissa or equivalent are eligible for admission to 1st year Pharmacy and they have to appear in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology  or Mathematics(or both)paper in the 2nd Joint Entrance examination.

There is no age limit  for admission to B. Pharm course.

(iv)
M.C.A.
 

Pass or appearing in 2009, for the Bachelor’s Degree Examination of three years duration in any discipline from any University or equivalent recognized by UGC and having passed in Mathematics at 10+2 level. Business mathematics at +2 level are not permitted.

                             

OR

Pass or appearing in 2009, for the Bachelor’s Degree Examination of three years duration in any discipline from any University of Orissa or equivalent recognized by UGC with mathematics as one of the subject.

There is no age limit  for admission to MCA course.

(v)

M.B.A. :
  Pass or appearing  in 2009, for the  Bachelor’s Degree examination of three years duration in any discipline from any University of Orissa or equivalent recognised by UGC. There is no age limit for admission to MBA course.

 

Note : Candidates are to produce their complete result along with original mark sheet of the qualifying examination at the time of counselling for admission.

 

HOW TO SUBMIT ONLINE APPLICATION FORM

The online application form is available in our website www.jeeorissa.com. Read carefully the instructions given to fill up the online application form. A bank draft of Rs.500/- (from any nationalized bank) in favour of “JEE-2009, Orissa” payable at Bhubaneswar has to be prepared towards examination fee before submitting the online application form. Fill out the application form correctly and take a print out of the Acknowledgement card. Download the Admit Card from our website during September 02-04, 2009.  Candidates are required to carry three documents to the examination hall: (i) Admit Card, (ii) Bank draft of Rs.500/- and (iii) Two recent pass port size photographs. Candidates are required submit the draft to the invigilators at the examination hall before start of the examination failing which they are not eligible to appear the examination.

  CHAIRMAN, JEE-2009, Orissa

 

23 comments August 31st, 2009

How Orissa can get an IIM?

Recently there was some news reports regarding 7 new IIMs. This resulted in reactions from various circles in Orissa, including the CM. The CM shot off a letter to the PM. As per a report in Times of India:

In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Naveen protested the Union government’s decision to ignore Orissa’s "repeated demands" for an IIM.

The Biju Youth Janata Dal has threatened a stir. As per a report in ExpressIndia.com:

The Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BYJD) has threatened to launch a State-wide agitation if the Centre does not consider the State Government’s demand for the establishment of an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Orissa.

Even the Oriass Pradesh Congress Committee has chimed in. As per another report in Expressindia.com:

However, the Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) has demanded establishment of an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in the State.A memorandum was submitted to Sibal by the OPCC at the Congress Bhavan here today.

The memorandum maintained that as Orissa is witnessing rapid industrialisation, the necessity for setting up an IIM is increasingly felt.Stating that such an institute will accelerate the economic development and consolidate the quality of human resources development in Orissa, OPCC requested the Minister to announce an additional IIM for the State along with the seven announced by the Centre.

Besides, OPCC demanded establishment of one national tribal university on the lines of Indira Gandhi Tribal University at Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh in view of the heavy concentration of tribal population and their economic backwardness.

In a sense this is a good development as this shows that the politicians in Orissa are now aware of the importance of Orissa getting its share of centrally funded institutions. However, their knowledge is half-baked. The news they are reacting to is not a new announcement. On March 28, 2008 when an IIT and 2 central universities for Orissa was announced, there were announcements of new IIMs. At that time it was made clear that the new IITs and IIMs were announced in different states. So based on that, Orissa has nothing to complain about. It got an IIT instead of an IIM. An IIT costs 4 times than that of an IIM and can have its own management school.

It would be good to have an IIM in Orissa. But now the central govt. is stretched to implement the new IITs, IIMs and central universities it has announced for the 11th plan. So it is very unlikely that they will make any commitments for a new IIM. (The IIM in Rajasthan was a recent addition to the list announced on March 28, 2008. It was because of a typo in the speech of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee; but the govt. decided to honor his speech.)

What Orissa can do is follow the path of Andhra Pradesh which made a deal with IIM Ahmedabad for a campus in Hyderabad. Orissa can approach one of the other IIMs and make a similar deal for an IIM in Orissa. Because of the proximity, IIM Calcutta would be a good candidate. For now that is the best path. In addition, it should be ready to push hard for an IIM when the 12th plan documents are made.

Finally, what Orissa should be really doing is to focus on the 11th plan documents and budgets and make sure it gets its fair share. For example, the 11th plan document mentions that 5 of the new central universities will have a medical and engineering college during the 11th plan. Orissa should push Central University of Orissa, Koraput to be one of those 5 universities.

16 comments August 31st, 2009

Dharitri article on status of libraries in the silk city Berhampur

August 31st, 2009

Both the Union Minister of HRD and Chair of National Knowledge Commission urge private sector to help in higher education; Vedanta University is more than an answer

Among the local opposition to Vedanta University  there are many who are opposed to the whole idea of private higher education institutions. Many others do not get some of the important reasons behind the necessity of Vedanta University. The following excerpts from speeches by the Union HRD minister Mr. Kapil Sibal and Chair of the National Knowledge Commission Mr. Sam Pitroda explains the important role private higher education institutions like Vedanta University can play and more importantly the country’s need for such institutions. 

We start with an excerpt from a report in Telegraph about Mr. Kapil Sibal’s speech.

Inaugurating it at Nishani Mundali in Koraput, Union human resource development minister Kapil Sibal said the university’s location was the reflection of pro-tribal policy of the Congress-led UPA government.

“This university will definitely help in development of backward Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput (KBK) region and western Orissa,” said Sibal.

Stating that the Centre was keen to set up international standard educational institutions across the country through public-private partnership, Sibal said companies should come forward to set up such institutes to help students to pursue higher studies in India instead of going abroad.

Following is an excerpt from a report in rediff.com about Mr. Pitroda’s views.

Pitroda emphasizing the lack of capacity when "you really look at higher education overall in India," said that as much as expanding this on the one hand, "on the other hand, the quality of education needs to be improved substantially."

… Pitroda said that these were the three broad categories "under which the Knowledge Commission started looking at recommendations for higher education."

At the macro level, he said, "We have to create more universities," and argued that "the roughly 400 universities that we have is not enough for a country of a billion people. Roughly 8 percent of our eligible children have the opportunity to enter the higher education and that number ought to be closer to 16 or 20 percent."

"So, we need to expand more colleges, more universities, more research programs, more teachers, more facilities, so on and so forth," he added.

Pitroda said in this regard, "The overall expansion requires not only participation from government, but also participation from the private sector

August 31st, 2009


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